Nominating Committee Interest Survey
Do you have an interest in the Yearly Meeting? (That's a rhetorical question, by the way -- OF COURSE you do!) Everyone has gifts/talents/skills -...
March Gathering of Wilmington Yearly Meeting
Called in Joy For These Times: 2026 March Gathering We will meet in-person at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse, 8075 Keller Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45177...
Benefit Concert for Haitian Support Center
Folk Songs for Frazzled Folks at Cincinnati Friends! The Williams Family Singers are holding a benefit concert this Sunday, February 15, for the...
The Innocents at Wilmington College QHC: Film (February 9) and Performance (February 10):
Quaker Heritage Center, Wilmington College presents: The Innocents Please join us at the Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Quaker Heritage Center Gallery...
Breakfast for Lunch Belize Fundraiser
Wilmington Friends is serving Breakfast for Lunch -- for a great cause! On Sunday, February 22nd, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We’ll be serving a...
Bowling!
Not just for young(er) people. The Youth & Young Adult Committee invites all of Wilmington Yearly Meeting to join them for an afternoon (1 p.m....
POSTPONED: Chester’s Quaker Kids’ Spaghetti Dinner
Quaker Kids Spaghetti Fundraiser WINTER WEATHER NOTICE:CHESTER FRIENDS WILL NOT BE MEETING ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8. Quaker Kids' spaghetti dinner...
“From Exhaustion to Enthusiasm, Joyful Resistance in a Time of Tyranny”
Quaker Call to Action's National Zoom call with Phil Gulley which took place on Sunday, January 25, was filled to capacity and not everyone made it...
“Playing in the Light” Feb. 13 – 14, 2026
Playing in the Light -- a Religious Education Workshop at Quaker Hill Conference Center! February 13-15, 2026, the Quaker Hill Conference Center in...
Quaker-in-Residence: Frank Levering
Wilmington College and Wilmington Yearly Meeting welcome Frank Levering as the 2026 Quaker in Residence January 26 – 30th, 2026!For more information...
Diamond Anniversary of WYM Quaker Knoll Summer Camps
Quaker Knoll has been home to the Wilmington Yearly Meeting's Youth Summer Camps for seventy-five years! We will gather for worship in the Lodge on...
Cincy’s MLK Jr. March
MLK Jr March, lunch & prayer—Monday, Jan 19 with Cincinnati Friends The A Mighty Stream nurture group of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (CFM)...
Youth Trip: MLK Weekend 2026
Attention all high school students: This MLK Weekend in CHICAGO (January 16 - 19), a few Yearly Meetings in the Midwest are putting together Quakers...
A Special Christmas Gathering of the Global FUM Community
Celebrate Christ's Birth with Friends United Meeting! As Christmas approaches, Friends United Meeting warmly invites our global community of Friends...
2025 Minute Books
Ready to print! As was done last year, printed copies will be available to Monthly Meetings (for distribution at their discretion) on request....
Advent & Christmas Events
Christmastime Events of WYM: Here is a brief listing of various events and special programs being held during the Christmas season by member...
Stamps for RSWR!
Save those Stamps! Do you still get "real mail" (also known as "snail mail") with actual stamps on the envelopes? Maybe Christmas cards are finding...
Quaker Bakers at Holidazzle
UPDATED UPDATE: Additional funds were donated, bringing the current total to $800! UPDATE #1: How dazzling were the Quaker Bakers? Here's Cathy's...
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Minute Concerning Deportations
On November 8, 2025, at the Wilmington Yearly Meeting Fall Gathering, the following Minute Concerning Deportations, brought forward by the committee...
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Monteverde Friends, Costa Rica
Monteverde Friends School in Costa Rica asks for our help spreading the word about some incredible opportunities! They have two transformative...
Fall Gathering – November 8, 2025
2025 - 2026 First Session Fall Gathering: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Meeting in-person and via Zoom. Theme & Scriptures: "Called in Joy for...
Quaker Haven Executive Director Job Posting
Executive Director-QuakerHaven — PDF job posting to view or download Quaker Haven Camp Executive Director Job Description Position: Executive...
2026 Wilmington YM Theme & Sessions
Called in joy for these times. Scriptures: Acts 10:14-15 — "The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made...
2025 Wilmington Yearly Meeting Young Friends’ Epistle
July 24th through 27th, 2025 To all Friends Everywhere, On Friday, we gathered at the beloved Quaker Knoll Campground, where God's creation welcomed...
2025 Wilmington Yearly Meeting Epistle
26 July, 2025 To All Friends Everywhere Greetings from Friends of Wilmington Yearly Meeting, who gathered in Wilmington, Ohio, from July 24–27,...
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Annual Sessions Information, July 24–27
Wilmington Yearly Meeting of Friends will convene on Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, July 27. Thursday's pre-Yearly Meeting retreat will be an...
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2024 Spring Gathering
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Winter Gathering Saturday, April 13, 2024 In-Person at Cincinnati Friends Meeting or online via Zoom Cost: $10 9 AM-...
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2024 Winter Gathering
Saturday, January 13, 2024 In-Person at Campus Friends Meeting (T. Canby Jones Meetinghouse) or online via Zoom Cost: $10 9 AM- Ministry and Counsel...
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2023 Fall Gathering
2023 Fall Gathering October 14, 2023 Hybrid- Campus Friends Meetinghouse & Zoom 8:30 AM- Coffee with the College (In Pyle Center, in the TOP) 9...
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Yearly Meeting 2023 Youth Activities
WYM 2023- YOUTH SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JULY 27- Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Quaker Knoll Camp, & Kelly Center Boyd Cultural Arts Center...
Yearly Meeting 2023 Schedule/ Registration
WYM 2023 – HYBRID SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JULY 27- Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Quaker Knoll Camp, & McCoy Room Quaker Knoll Camp...
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Spring Gathering 2023
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Spring Gathering Saturday, April 15, 2023 In-Person at Maryville Friends Meeting (2044 Sequoyah Ave. Maryville, TN 37802)...
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Winter Gathering 2023
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Winter Gathering Saturday, January 21, 2023 In-Person at Campus Friends Meeting or online via Zoom Cost: $7 for...
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Seeks Youth Minister
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Youth Minister Job Description Duties: Host WYM youth events 4 times per year. Including an event at Yearly Meeting summer...
Finding Ourselves in Chaos
By James R. Newby Last year an article was written by Dr. Steve McSwain, titled, "Why Nobody Goes to Church Anymore." He quotes a Hartford Institute...
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Fall Gathering Schedule 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022 "Love is the First Motion" In-person at Campus Friends Meeting (Wilmington, Ohio) or Online via Zoom 9 AM- Ministry and...
A Look Back in History: First Friends Knoxville
On June 25, 1908, J. Waldo Woody arrived in Knoxville, Tennessee under the auspices of Five Years Meeting (now Friends United Meeting) and...
An Evening with Nikki Holland
Were you unable to attend the USFW banquet? If so, you're in luck! Our speaker, Nikki Holland, was unable to be with us in person, so she made a...
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USFW Banquet Menu- Summer Gathering 2022
3 salads Tossed salad with dressing choices 7 layered salad Fresh fruit 2 Main plus a Vegan Choice Beef Brisket Stuffed Pork 3 Sides...
WYM Summer Gathering Schedule
WYM Summer Gathering 2022 – Hybrid Schedule of Events THURSDAY, JULY 28- Quaker Knoll Camp (In-person only) 4:00 pm– Sing and Rejoice! 5:30...
FUM Field Staff Itineraries
Rania Maayeh, Nikki Holland, and Oscar Mmbali will all be in the United States this summer! Check out their travel itineraries. Rania Maayeh,...
A Look Back in History: Eastern Hills Friends Meeting
“T“To follow the principles in Faith and Practice, making all who wish to join with us feel welcome.” These words were recorded July 1972 in the...
A Look Back in History: Xenia Friends Meeting
By Betty Johnson Since our founding in 1905, Xenia Friends has been cognizant and mindful of the Quaker testimonies known collectively as...
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A Look Back in History: Campus Friends Meeting
Campus Friends began meeting in 1948 and was born out of a desire among Quaker students and staff at Wilmington College to participate in an...
A Look Back in History: Ada Chapel
Ada Chapel began in 1888 as a mission in East Wilmington. At that time, East Wilmington was the impoverished side of town, and Quaker school-teacher...
Eli Harvey House
One of the few remaining Quaker settler brick houses in Clinton County is the 1830 Eli Harvey house on Lebanon Road in the Springfield Meeting...
Quakers: That of God in Everyone
Did you know that Cincinnati Friends Meeting made a documentary about Quakers in 2015? Or that our very own Donne Hayden wrote the film? This...
Quaker Scenic Byway
Do you have an interest in local history? Have you ever noticed that the story of southwest Ohio is chock-full of stories about Quakers, and you are...
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WYM Hires New YM Office Coordinator
On Friday, December 10, Wilmington Yearly Meeting announced the hiring of a new Yearly Meeting Office Coordinator. Hannah Lutz will take office on...
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Seeks Youth Minister
Wilmington Yearly Meeting Youth Minister Job Description Duties: Host WYM youth events 4 times per year. Including an event at Yearly Meeting summer...
2021 Wilmington Yearly Meeting Epistle
To All Friends Everywhere: Earlier this year, every Monthly Meeting received the Wilmington Yearly Meeting State of Society queries, based on the...
WYM 2021 Online Registration & Schedule of Events
COMPASSION THROUGH ACTION "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you...
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Wilmington Yearly Meeting approves Minute on Election Integrity
On 6 March 2021, the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends approved, in session, this Minute on Election Integrity: ...
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JOB POSTING – Quaker Knoll Camp Coordinators
The Youth & Young Adults Committee of Wilmington Yearly Meeting is looking for TWO Camp Coordinators ... one virtual and one in-person ... to be...
2020 Wilmington Yearly Meeting Epistle
Epistle | 2020 “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing, compared to love in dreams.” Ray Geers, of Cincinnati Friends Meeting, used...
WYM Approves Statement on Racial Justice, 7.24.20
During the Annual Sessions of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Friends approved the following statement:...
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WYM Plenary Speakers, July 23-25, 2020
This year's Plenary Speakers for our Annual Meeting will help us explore Clearness Committees, what it is like to be brown in America, and a Quaker...
WYM Annual Sessions, July 23-26, 2020 – Online Registration & Schedule of Events
“True Godliness does not turn [people] out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavours to mend it.” -William...
WYM Meetings Resume In-Person Meeting for Worship
There are many ways you can come together to worship in the manner of Friends. This is how our meetings are currently gathering. *Ada Chapel is...
YEARLY MEETING SESSIONS MOVED ONLINE
Dear Friends, Back in early April, I stated that Wilmington Yearly Meeting planned to hold its annual sessions in person, hosted by Cincinnati...
MEETING CLOSURES AND INTERIM OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORSHIP DUE TO COVID-19
This is the most up-to-date information we have on Meetings in Wilmington Yearly Meeting (https://www.facebook.com/wymfriends.org/). ADA...
WYM-WC Spring Banquet CANCELLED
Friends: On Tuesday evening March 10, Wilmington College announced that it is suspending all activities from March 16 to March 30. This of course,...
Quaker Knoll Camp Registrations NOW AVAILABLE!
It's not too early to be thinking about summer camp! Quaker Knoll camp dates have been set and registration is now available. Discounts apply for...
Register ONLINE for Mini Yearly Meeting
Fill in the blanks below to complete your online registration for Mini Yearly Meeting and a confirmation email will be sent to you! ...
Gun Violence Prevention
A group of Friends and Wilmington College students and professors met on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, at the Peace Resource Center, to have a...
Belize Christmas Miracle UPDATE
Wilmington Yearly Meeting is doing our part to help keep the Belize Friends School open! On December 15th, we hosted a Spaghetti Fundraiser at...
Belize-ing for a Christmas Miracle!
Dear Friends, The Belize Friends School needs our help, to the tune of raising $37,500 in order to remain open for the remainder of the school year....
2019 Wilmington Yearly Meeting Epistle
To all Friends Everywhere, At 11:02 am on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb above the city of Nagasaki. The bomb explosion...
Peace and Good Will to All ~ This is what Friends are for ~
Read the entire wonderful article at this link: Nancy & Tanya Go to Japan
Elmer H. Brown, Jr.’s 1940 Dissertation
See Elmer H. Brown, Jr.'s 1940 Dissertation from Butler UniversityA History of Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
17 Aug 1870 — Franklin College Purchased by Friends
(Above image & text courtesy of Karen Campbell) Article from the August 17, 1870 issue of the Miami-Gazette newspaper, Waynesville, Ohio ...